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If It's Eye Care Technology, This Must Be Orange County

The organization, called Orange County Technology Network, or Octane, has so far created 27 companies, most in electronics and software technology, and biomedical devices, especially for eye care.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/business/smallbusiness/15edge.html?adxnnl=1&r

Medicaid Won't Cover Surgery for Woman With Deformed Face

Lisa Medina isn't asking to look like a beauty queen – she just wants a ‘normal' looking face.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352831,00.html

Gene Therapy Experiments Improve Vision in Nearly Blind

NEW YORK — Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight in people with a rare form of blindness, a development experts called a major advance for the experimental technique.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352816,00.html

As Economy Slows, So Do Laser Eye Surgeries

Call it the Lasik indicator. With the weak economy forcing consumers to cut back on discretionary spending, the number of laser vision-correction surgeries has been falling
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/business/24lasik.html?ref=health

Risk of glaucoma increases with diabetes, study supports

which found that women with diabetes have about a 70% increased risk of developing the most common form of glaucoma
http://ophthalmologytimes.modernmedicine.com/ophthalmologytimes/Clinical+News/R

Blind Man Regains Sight After Doctors Implant Son's Tooth in His Eye

OOKP, first performed in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating an artificial cornea by using the patient&8217;s tooth and surrounding bone as a support, AFP reported.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333555,00.html

Approximately $2 Million of Potentially Harmful

Product contains drug ingredient, makes unapproved drug claims, could damage eye
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01746.html

Eye exam may spot dementia risk in elderly

Retinal damage could also point to increased stroke risk, study says
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19753176/

Fish oil may help save preemie babies' eyesight

Doctors try mimicking in utero conditions to prevent blindness
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19680781/

Eye problems in elderly may mean earlier death

Cataracts, macular degeneration could lead to unsound lifestyle, study says
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19683081/
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